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Table 3 Characteristics of survivors and non-survivors

From: Abdominal infections in the intensive care unit: characteristics, treatment and determinants of outcome

 

Survivors (n = 917)

Non-survivors (n = 382)

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Age, mean ± ± SD

61.6 ± 16.5

65.2 ± 14.9

<0.001

Male, n (%)

546 (59.7)

223 (58.5)

0.7

Severity score on study day

 

SAPS II, mean ± SD

34.2 ± 13.5

50.1 ± 17

<0.001

SOFA, mean ± SD

6.2 ± 3.8

10.5 ± 4.6

<0.001

ICU stay before May 8, median (IQR)

5 (1–13)

8 (1–18)

<0.001

Type of admission, n (%)

0.58

Surgical/elective

124 (13.5)

62 (16.3)

 

Medical

179 (19.5)

69 (18.2)

 

Surgical/emergency

580 (63.2)

237 (62.4)

 

Trauma

34 (3.7)

12 (3.2)

 

Admission source, n (%)

0.12

OR/recovery room

349 (38.2)

120 (31.7)

 

Hospital floor

290 (31.8)

141 (37.2)

 

ER/ambulance

135 (14.8)

50 (13.2)

 

Other hospital

116 (12.7)

57 (15)

 

Other

23 (2.5)

11 (2.9)

 

Comorbidities, n (%)

 

COPD

149 (16.2)

62 (16.2)

0.99

Cancer

203 (22.1)

97 (25.4)

0.20

Heart failure (NYHA III-IV)

62 (6.8)

40 (10.5)

0.02

Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

87 (9.5)

37 (9.7)

0.91

Chronic renal failure

83 (9.1)

44 (11.5)

0.17

Cirrhosis

39 (4.3)

33 (8.6)

<0.01

Hematological cancer

9 (1.0)

14 (3.7)

<0.001

HIV

6 (0.7)

6 (1.6)

0.12

Treatment on the study day, n (%)

 

Mechanical ventilation

534 (58.2)

329 (86.4)

<0.001

RRT (hemodialysis or hemofiltration)

110 (12.0)

110 (28.9)

<0.001

Outcome

 

ICU LOS, median (IQR)

14 (5–32)

18 (9–38)

<0.001

Other sites of infection, n (%)

Respiratory

221 (24.1)

120 (31.4)

<0.01

Blood stream

97 (10.6)

56 (14.7)

0.04

Renal/urinary tract

53 (5.8)

33 (8.6)

0.06

Skin

29 (3.2)

23 (6)

0.02

Catheter-related

28 (3.1)

21 (5.5)

0.04

CNS

1 (0.1)

0 (0)

0.52

Others

19 (2.1)

16 (4.2)

0.03

  1. SAPS II = Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; HIV = Human Immunodeficiency Virus; RRT = renal replacement therapy; NYHA III-IV = New York Heart Association class III-IV.